Parents,We had a great time at the Nature Center on Monday and had beautiful weather.Thank you to all who supported the softball game that benefited the Rally Foundation. It was a big success.Wow! There is only one full week left of school. This year has seemed to fly by. This next week and a half will be busy as we wrap up for the year. Please take note of the special dates below.

Here is what we are learning this week:

Math: Problem Solving and reviewing strategies learned this year.

Reading/Language Arts: Charlotte’s Web novel study. We will be applying the reading strategies we have learned this year as we read this classic story.

Writing: Letter to third a grade teacher; publish any unfinished writing

Social Studies: Goods and services. Students will identify 8 ways in which goods and services are allocated (price, majority rule, contests, force, sharing, lottery, command, and first come, first served)

Health: Accident prevention

Information and reminders:Thursday: End of Year Celebration 3-5pmFriday: Field Day

Parents,Thank you all who came to the STEM Showcase and our Author’s Tea. It was great to have you. Remember that we have our field trip on Monday. Please have your child wear their second grade shirts if they have them and tennis shoes. If your child is packing a lunch, please put in a disposable bag with name labeled.

Here is what we are learning next week:

Math: Problem Solving

Reading/Language Arts: Charlotte’s Web novel study. We will be applying the reading strategies we have learned this year as we read this classic story.

Writing: Opinion writing

Science: Life Cycles-mammals

Social Studies: Goods and services

Information and reminders:Monday: Field Trip to the Nature CenterTuesday: Staff vs. Parents softball game

*All student books are due to the ILC

Save the Date:End of the year celebration is scheduled for May 18th at 3:00. More details to come.

Parents,Above are pictures that document an experiment we did. In October we hollowed out a pumpkin and filled it with a banana peel, wrapper, plastic top, and a baggie. We made predictions on what we thought would happen to the items if we buried the pumpkin and dug it up on Earth Day in April. Well….on Friday we went digging. We only found the plastic items and wrapper. There was no trace of the banana peel or the pumpkin. This was a great opportunity to talk about what happened and to discuss the impact our trash has on our environment. Hopefully your kids were able to tell you about it.

Here is what we are learning this week:

Math: Arrays up to 5x5; We will use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns.

Reading/Language Arts: Charlotte’s Web novel study. We will be applying the reading strategies we have learned this year as we read this classic story/-er , -or endings

Parents,I hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break! We will be ready to hit the ground running on Monday morning. Please note special dates below to mark on your calendars.

Here is what we are learning this week:

Math: We will begin our unit on shapes. At the end of the unit students should be able to recognize and draw solid shapes like triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes. Students will also focus on identifying the number of sides and angles for each type of shape.

Reading/Language Arts: Multi-paragraph text; we will continue to read multi-paragraph texts and identify the topic of each paragraph and the main idea of the whole passage.

Writing: Publishing our Author’s Tea pieces.

Social Studies: Jimmy Carter

Science: We will begin our unit on plant life cycles

Information and reminders:

Monday: Counseling with Mrs. Grindstaff

Save the date: Our Author’s Tea is on April 26th at 7:15 am (more information to come)

May 2nd: STEM Showcase

*Field trip forms will be coming home on Monday for our trip to the Chattahoochee Nature Center. Please return by April 24th.

*Reminder to have your child log their nightly reading on the 200 book club logs. All forms due April 28th. No late forms will be accepted.

Parents,We had a fun week celebrating Dr. Seuss. We read and listened to a lot of great books and learned more about Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss).

Here is what we are learning this week:

Math: Solving word problems using dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies and using the cent and dollar sign correctly.

Reading/Language Arts: We will continue our unit on folktales, fables, and fairy tales. We will focus on reviewing elements of each, practice finding the moral/message, and understand character point of view. ​

Writing: Persuasive writing

Science: We will learn about how shadows form and change during the day. Social Studies: Government; we will learning about the roles of the Mayor, Governor, and President and talking about the need for rules and laws.

Information and reminders:Monday: Counseling with Mrs. GrindstaffTuesday: Picture DayWednesday: Walk to school day! I will be walking from Mrs. Gentry's house in Chimney Springs. She is at the top of Revere Circle. Look for the balloons.

Parents,Thank you to all the parents who were able to volunteer for our valentine centers. The kids had a great time. Also, thank you to all the parents and children who came to technology night. It was actually pretty fun learning “after hours”.

I hope you all have a restful break.

Here is what we are learning when we get back:

Math: Solving word problems using dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies and using the cent and dollar sign correctly.

Reading/Language Arts: We will continue our unit on folktales, fables, and fairy tales. We will focus on reviewing elements of each, practice finding the moral/message, and understand character point of view. ​

Writing: Persuasive writing

Science: We will review how the Sun compares to other stars, and we will learn about how shadows form and change during the day.